thanks all. That's what I did just wanted to run it by someone else. I also let my prinicpal know about the mother's call, my late entry of data and the result of my call back to the mother just in...
I forgot to enter a student's visit to me last Friday into my Health Room Log. I remember the incident and the student's mom called to ask me about it today. Should I now add it to the log with an...
I have a sub folder which gives the daily run down on my day, general things she will be responsible for, list of people to ask for help if she needs it, a student list per grade and who gets meds and...
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For me this job is perfect. I am never bored. I work in a very small school but there is always someone who needs me, a project that needs to be worked on, a plan to come up with, a policy to...
welcome back! We just got back yesterday after Sandy. It was a busy day in my office after the kids had a week off. It felt good to get back into a semi normal routine
I see 2 extremes in my school. We have the parents who send in kids we later find out were throwing up that morning and then we have the parents who keep their kids home everytime they have a...
Aftre what seems like a very loooooong week. I am so happy today is Friday! Will this beginning of the year paperwork ever be complete? YIKES! Happy weekend to
I had a parent of a diabetic last year who wanted to be kept in the loop in real time all the time. She had had some bad experiences with school nurses before and her daughter's #s fluctuated wildly....
The problem with schoolwide bans on peanuts or nut in general is really that the environment is no safer for a child with a nut allergy. Are all of the children's lunches and snacks checked daily to...
If pulses were good and there was no bone exposed through the skin I would have definitely called the parents first. Many times parents can get their child and get them to the ER before
I have young kids in my building k-4 but no one pays any attention to the signs on my door that indicate whether they can enter or not. Some don't read so that's an issue but some just don't pay...
Just curious-do you use them in your school? We are thinking of getting them for myself, the main office and the teachers that bring kids outside for recess and gym. The school did have the Motorola...
I am the only one in my office although there have been times where that is not the case. It's much more difficult to do our jobs when privacy is not easily found so I am thankful that for right now...
Oh this is so true. I have never ended a day saying great I got everything done today I needed to. Wish those elves would visit me. I would leave a list.
State law here requires both permission from Dr and parent for all meds even OTC. We do have a form parents can bring to their Drs given permission for the items we do use in the clinic (cough drops,...